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Rings rising from Saturn's shadow

Rings rising from Saturn's shadow
Rings rising from Saturn's shadow Saturn casts a fuzzy shadow on the outer edge of its rings, which are lit from behind in this view. They have just rotated into sunlight. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Emily Lakdawalla

Red, green, and blue-filter images were combined into a color image that was overlaid onto a higher-resolution clear-filter image. Original images were N1536743926_1, N1536744060_1, N1536744133_1, and N1536744150_1.